RandomGuy
11-29-2012, 09:57 AM
Of the 19 major house committees chairman slots, the GOP house leadership chose 19 men. Of the two remaining to be filled, there are no GOP women on the committees.
18 are, of course, white, one is half Lebanese.
http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sunita-sohoniAA894738-DFE6-A977-D945-8875455982DC.jpg&width=600
In contrast, House Democrats are likely to have five women as ranking members on committees including Appropriations, Rules, Financial Services, Science and Small Business.
And while Democrats are gaining women in their ranks, Republicans are losing them. The overall number of Republican women serving in the House will drop from 24 to 19 at the start of the 113th Congress, which begs the question: where are the binders full of women?
I will offer no comment, except it seems extraordinarily tone-deaf, and can only shake my head.
18 are, of course, white, one is half Lebanese.
http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sunita-sohoniAA894738-DFE6-A977-D945-8875455982DC.jpg&width=600
In contrast, House Democrats are likely to have five women as ranking members on committees including Appropriations, Rules, Financial Services, Science and Small Business.
And while Democrats are gaining women in their ranks, Republicans are losing them. The overall number of Republican women serving in the House will drop from 24 to 19 at the start of the 113th Congress, which begs the question: where are the binders full of women?
I will offer no comment, except it seems extraordinarily tone-deaf, and can only shake my head.